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Epidemic Situation of Tuberculosis in Prisons in the Central Region of China
We aimed to investigate the epidemic situation of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons in the central region of China. Tuberculosis screening was carried out in two prisons in middle China. A sum of 3,459 prisoners accepted chest X-ray examination; 40 of them were diagnosed as active TB patients. The active TB prevalence (1,156/105) was significantly higher than that of the province and China’s general population (P < 0.01). As for gender, TB prevalence in men’s prison (1,589/105) was higher than that in the women’s prison (946/105). Nevertheless, the risk of having TB in women’s prison was much higher than that in the men’s prison when compared with the TB prevalence from the province (women: OR = 2.37, 95% CI: 1.34, 4.22; men: OR = 1.53, 95% CI: 0.90, 2.60) and the China’s general population (women: OR = 3.30, 95% CI: 2.15, 5.09; men: OR = 2.06, 95% CI: 1.29, 3.30). In view of the severe epidemic situation of TB in prisons, integrating medical resources to establish a consummate and effective management system is necessary.
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Authors’ addresses: Yeqing Tong, Institute of Infectious Diseases, Department of Epidemiology, Wuhan, China, E-mail: ytong@hbcdc.com. Shunli Jiang and Qing Lu, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, E-mails: 1056469339@qq.com and qi_weiliao@126.com. Xuhua Guan and Kun Cai, Department of Epidemiology, Hubei Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Wuhan, China, E-mails: g_xuhua@21cn.com and 56594776@qq.com. Yemen Tong and Li Cai, Wuhan Prevention and Treatment Center for Occupational Diseases, Wuhan, China, E-mails: 356656386@qq.com and 84799760@qq.com.
These authors contributed equally to this work.